Real estate sector opens new portal for sales

Agents and brokers embrace a once-unthinkable reality: selling homes without an in-person showing.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 11:32 a.m. May 15, 2020
  • | 0 Free Articles Remaining!
Neal Communities is one of several area homebuilders embracing virtual technology to sell homes.
Neal Communities is one of several area homebuilders embracing virtual technology to sell homes.
  • Strategies
  • Share

The usual way of selling a home — in-person showings, mostly on demand — has long bothered Charlie Ashby. In the business for some 50 years, the president of Fort Myers-based VIP Realty says agent security and safety is a constant worry when one of the firm’s 150 agents are showing property.

 

Continue reading your article
with a Business Observer subscription.
What's included:
  • ✓ Unlimited digital access to BusinessObserverFL.com
  • ✓ E-Newspaper app, digital replica of print edition
  • ✓ Mailed print newspaper every Friday (optional)
  • ✓ Newsletter of daily business news
Subscribe

Already subscribed? Sign in.

Latest News

  • February 2, 2026
Clearwater office building sells for nearly $6 million
  • February 2, 2026
USF College of Nursing receives $2M gift to fund scholarships
  • February 2, 2026
$55M Fort Myers affordable housing project secures financing
  • February 2, 2026
Manatee County to protect 1,500 acres of ranch land

Sponsored Content